Combined cart saddle and yoke



(No Model.) T E COMBINED CART SADDLE AND YOKE. I

Patented Dec; 20, 1887.

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THADDEUS IVEY, OF ASHPOLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

COMBINED CART SADDLE AND YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,162, dated December 20 1887. Application filed January 3, 1887. Serial No. 223,306. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

' the saddle-trees.

Beit known that I, THADDEUS IvEY,of Ashpole, in the county of Robeson and State of North Carolina, haveinvented a new and use ful Improvement in Combined Cart Saddle and Yoke, of which the following is a specification.

My invention isin the nature of an improved gear combining a cart saddle and yoke, by means of which two horsesmay be worked in an ordinary two-wheeled cart, and may be more conveniently worked in connection with tongued vehicles and i1nple1ncntssuch as reapers, mowers, harrows,drills, and wagonswhich, as ordinarily used, are very burdensome to the horses neck.

It consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of a yoke suspending the tongue or shafts by a chain and having a peculiar adjustable connection with the saddle sustained upon the backs of the two horses, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a crosssection through one of the saddles.

In the drawings, a a represent two cart-sad dles of the ordinary construction, to the backs b of which are attached the saddle-trees 0. These saddles are designed to rest upon the backs of the horses. Upon them and adj ustably connected thereto is supported a yoke, f, made heaviest or deepest in the middle and having near each end a longitudinal slot, 9, through which passes a key, d. These keys have a ring at their upper ends, and their lower ends are screw-threaded and enter internally-screwthreaded nuts 6 in the top of This forms a connection between the saddles and yoke, which prevents the latter from becoming displaced. In fitting the yoke to the saddles the rings of the keys are turned longitudinally to the slots 9, so as to pass through the same, and after passing through said rings are turned at right angles to the slot-,which locks the yoke to the saddle, but permits the yoke to freely turn about the key, and also permits the keys to move longitudinally in the slot to adapt the connection to the independent movements of the two horses to or from each other and in forward and backward directions. I.his is one of the distinguishing features of merit in my invention.

From the middle of the yoke there depends a chain or other flexible connection, h, which is attached below to the tongue, and by which the weight of the tongue is supported upon the yoke, and thence transmitted to the backs of the horses, where the strain may be carried with ease and comfort to the team.

My invention may be used in conjunction with the ordinary traces and singletrees.

I do not claim, broadly,.the application of a yoke to two saddles for supporting the tongue upon the backs of the team; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the saddles, of the yoke having slots 9 in its ends and a pin or key connected to the saddles and playing loosely through the slots of the yoke, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the saddles having nut e, of the yoke having slots g and fleXible connection 71, and the key (I, having a screw-threaded lower end and a ring at the top, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' THADDEUS IVEY. 

